Skip to main content

Table 5 Experimental design for coinfection and postmortem examination

From: Secondary infection with Streptococcus suis serotype 7 increases the virulence of highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in pigs

Group no. (n)

Designation

Treatment at age (dpi)

Necropsy at age (dpi)

  

0 d

7 d

7 d

14 d

21 d

28 d

1(8)

Control

  

2

2

2

2

2(12)

HP-PRRSV

HuN4

 

2

4

3

3

3(10)

SS7

 

WC0711

0

4

3

3

4(12) *

HP-PRRSV+SS7

HuN4

WC0711

2

6

2

2

  1. *: Eight pigs in the coinfected group died of acute illness between days 10 and 13, as shown in Table 1, after WC0711 inoculation, and the remaining 2 pigs were necropsied on day 28.
Back to article page

Virology Journal

ISSN: 1743-422X